New York
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‘You will remember this day as long as you live’
The words still ring in my head, added to the crushing shock of the day itself, 22 years ago: “Sept. 11, 2001. You will remember this day as long as you live.” That’s what Dan Rather said in the opening of the CBS Evening News as the daylight began to ebb on a changed Manhattan… Continue reading
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A hundred-year flood on Sunday
There are only two places I consider home, Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley in New York. Even though I left both years ago, I still keep in touch and I still visit, most recently about seven months ago. They both still hold big spots in my heart. That’s why it hurt to see what… Continue reading
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Smoke, wildfires now and a quarter-century ago
The otherworldly smoke and health threats this week from plumes from Canadian wildfires — and the unreal photos from New York City and Hudson Valley, among other places — make it difficult for me to reconcile the places I used to live with the Mars-like skies of now. I can’t imagine what it must be… Continue reading
About Me
Journalist and writer. Loves writing, storytelling, books, typewriters. Always trying to find my line. Oh, and here’s where I am now.
Nows and Forevers 